Rack



. Y APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1921. 1L, l(y7,(j,()70 Patented Feb. 2l, 1922.

G. W. WAKEHAM.

RACK.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- G. W. WAKEHAM.

RAC APPLICATION FILEDK MAY 23. i921. 1,407,607 Patented Feb. 2l, 1922.

4 i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2. 20 /4 /0 1 TV/0 I f l 22 2,2 lwuwMo/L HAM, citizen of the United States,

. raras RACK.

Meneer.

Application led May 23,

To all 'whom t may concer/n Be it known that l, Gnirrnunn lll. vWannresiding at Marshall, in the county o1 Dane and State oi'rlllisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Racks, ot which the following is a specilica-tion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to racks and especially to racks used for drying articles or materials, and has for an object to provide a device adapted to be set upon a stove or over and above other source of heat or drying air, and to support material or articles to be dried.

ik further object of the invention is to provide aV rack having improved means for folding into compact space Jfor storage or transportatioi', and to be extended into condition for supporting materialor articles to be dried. Y

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain noi'el elements, parts', combinations and functions, as disclosed in th'e drawing, together with mechanical equivalents thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure l is a view of the improved rack in edge elevation; Y

Figure 2 is a view of the improved rack in edge elevation on an enlarged scale, being broken to accommodate the increase in scale;

Figure 3 is a top plan view oi' the rack;

Figure d is a transverse sectional view ot the rack, as indicated by line l--,-l oli Figure 3; Y

Figure 5 is a plan view of a collz'ipsible traine employed at the top of the rack as a. shelf or tor supporting articles, and

Figure 6 is a view in side elevation ot the rack collapsed. i

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The present invention embodies means for supporting such articles as clothing to be dried, or fruit tobe desiocated, and is adapted to be set upon or over a stove, such for instance as a cook stove, or a range, or over a register emitting heated air, or in any other position where it is desired to support articles for drying, or like purposes. lt comprises a plurality o' uprights or corner pieces 10, preferably constructed oi angle iron or other structural material. For the Specification of Letters Patent.

lbatented Feb. 2li, i922.

1921. serial No. 471,711.

purpose of permitting the vertical adjustment or" the device these corner bars l() are made adjustable by means of screws ll. Between the several corner bars l() toggles l2 arepositioned, pivoted to the bars at 1.3 and with intermediate pivots 14 whereby the device niay be collapsed in the manner indicated more particularly at Figure G. Any number of these toggles may be employed andV when in extended position, as shown at Figures l to Ll inclusive, will serve for supporting clothing or the like in position to be dried.

To maintain the device in extended condition, bars l5 are pivoted, as at 16, and provided with hooked extremities 1T, as shown more particularly at Figure el, tor engaging a loop or eye 18. Also a diagonal bar 19 will in some instances be employed, likewise pivoted at 20, with a hooked extremity 21, as .shown at Figures 3 andi.

A irame, indicated as an entirety at Figure 5, comprising side bars 2:2 and toggles 223 is' proportioned to lie upon the top et the structure, as extended to the position shown at Figure 3 and bear upon the. diagonal bar i9 and the side bars 15, to assistin maintaining the device in extended position and also to provide a surface to receive and support articles, or as an additional bar upon which to hang articles.

The whole device, when in extended position, can be set upon or over a heating element, as indicated by the conventional stove in Figure l, it being understood, of course, that its utility is not confined to use in conjunction with stoves of the type,

,liilhat l claim to be new is:

A. rack comprising corner bars composed ot angle iron, toggles interposed between and toldahle within the angle of thercorner bars facilitating the expansion and collapsing of the corner bars in both horizontal dimen sions, other bars pivoted to the corner bars and having hooking engagement with some of said bars, and a collapsible trame expansible to correspond to the area ci the eX- panded rack and presenting means tor en` gagement upon and within the top of said rack.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto my signature in presence of two witnesses'.

GERTRUEE WATSON WAKE-EAN.

TWitnesses E. J. MGCRACKEN, W. H. MCCRAGKEN. 

